Simo Aalto (born 19 March 1960) is a

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who became popular in Finland in the 1980s. He established Joker Poker Box, which is labeled an artist-festival tour he owns with his wife Kirsti. Aalto is known for a wide range of skills from fingertip system to

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. He also specializes in abdominal distension, imitation, and a number tricks. Simo Aalto's daughter is Sari Aalto and his brother's children are singers Suvi Aalto and

Saara Aalto Saara Sofia Aalto (born 2 May 1987) is a Finnish singer, songwriter, and voice actress. In 2012 she came second in the first season of ''The Voice of Finland''. In 2016 Aalto finished as the runner-up in the thirteenth series of ''The X Fact ...

References

Finnish Magic Circle's list of awards (Finnish)
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070928014757/http://www.fism.org/WorldChampionWinners.htm FISM's official list of championsbr>Aalto's Curriculum Vitae

External links

Aalto's websiteSimo's Magic Tent in YLE archives (Finnish)
1960 births Living people People from Oulu Finnish magicians {{Finland-artist-stub